| 单词 | blue flu |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue flu blue flu n. [with allusion to the blue uniform of police officers.] originally U.S. a form of industrial action in which large numbers of police officers fail to attend work on the pretext of illness; (later also) industrial action of this type taken by other workers.Such action may be taken to circumvent contractual bans on striking. ΚΠ 1967 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 16 June 3/4 Nearly 200 of Detroit's..policemen called in sick..after some of their number had been disciplined... Dubbed ‘blue flu’ by observers, the rash of sick call-ins appeared likely to grow. 1984 A. Zack Arbitration in Pract. ii. 24 The employees in the uniformed forces—police, fire fighters, and prison guards—have been generally less prone to engage in job actions, although strikes and blue flu do occur from time to time. 2007 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 30 May 4 Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union WA secretary..refuses to rule out a return to the controversial blue-flu strikes, in which workers call in sick en masse. < as lemmas |
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